wifi: ath12k: fix dp_link_peer dangling references on AP vdev rollback

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-93094
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-09-17 17:18:03 UTC
Updated2026-09-17 17:18:03 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix dp_link_peer dangling references on AP vdev rollback ath12k_mac_vdev_create() for an AP vdev creates the bss self-peer via ath12k_peer_create(), which finishes by calling ath12k_dp_link_peer_assign() to publish the dp_link_peer in the dp_hw->dp_peers[peerid_index] RCU table, in the dp_peer's link_peers[] array, and in the per-addr rhashtable. If a step after ath12k_peer_create() fails the function jumps to err_peer_del, which open-codes a WMI peer_delete and waits for the unmap / delete_resp events. The wait_for_peer_delete_done() path relies on ath12k_dp_link_peer_unmap_event() freeing the dp_link_peer when the unmap arrives, but err_peer_del never calls ath12k_dp_link_peer_unassign() first. The published references in the dp_hw RCU table, dp_peer->link_peers[] and the rhashtable are left pointing at the dp_link_peer that unmap_event then frees, producing dangling pointers and use-after-free on subsequent lookups. Replace the open-coded sequence with a call to ath12k_peer_delete(), which already does ath12k_dp_link_peer_unassign() before sending the WMI command. This drops the published references before the dp_link_peer is freed, in the same order as the normal teardown path in ath12k_mac_remove_link_interface(). Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.1.c7-00108-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ_UPSTREAM-3

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.001890000 probability, percentile 0.088850000 (date 2026-09-18)

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 5525f12fa671a007c6c6044c861eee86de71b576 af405d216316d99f9b48733145fc708110011e0f git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 5525f12fa671a007c6c6044c861eee86de71b576 f066e1a93703c5be0fd905109d00587541711c97 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 7.0 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.0 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.2.6 7.2.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.3-rc1 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

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git.kernel.org/stable/c/af405d216316d99f9b48733145fc708110011e0f 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/f066e1a93703c5be0fd905109d00587541711c97 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
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